MOE Kindergarten

According to the MOE Kindergarten website, the 5 kindergartens will be located at Blangah Rise Primary School, Farrer Park Primary School, Dazhong Primary School at Bukit Batok, Punggol View Primary School and at the void deck of Block 489C, Tampines Street 45.

The pilot kindergartens will operate two sessions in the morning and afternoon, and each session will be a four-hour programme.

Parents can submit the registration form between April 8 and 19 April 2013 for Singapore Citizen and Permanent Resident children born between January 2, 2009 and January 1, 2010 (both dates inclusive), to apply for admission to K1 classes in the pilot kindergartens in 2014.

Admission is not on a first-come-first-served basis. Should the number of applications exceed the number of vacancies; priority will be accorded based on citizenship, household income and proximity of home address to the pilot kindergartens.

For the first year, the pilot kindergartens located in the primary schools will start with an enrolment of 120 children each, while the pilot kindergarten located in the community will start with an enrolment of 80 children.

The monthly fee for the pilot kindergartens is $150 for Singapore Citizens and $300 for Singapore Permanent Residents.